Fifteen Poets: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare [and Others] ...Clarendon Press, 1941 - 503 pages Selections of the best work of the masters of English poetry from Chaucer to Arnold. Each group of selections is preceded by short essays of appreciation and summaries of the poets' lives. |
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Page 280
... rose : and forth with steps they passed That strove to be , and were not , fast . Her gracious stars the lady blest , And thus spake on sweet Christabel : ' All our household are at rest , The hall as silent as the cell ; Sir Leoline is ...
... rose : and forth with steps they passed That strove to be , and were not , fast . Her gracious stars the lady blest , And thus spake on sweet Christabel : ' All our household are at rest , The hall as silent as the cell ; Sir Leoline is ...
Page 399
... rose was awake all night for your sake , Knowing your promise to me ; The lilies and roses were all awake , They sigh'd for the dawn and thee . Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls , Come hither , the dances are done , In gloss of ...
... rose was awake all night for your sake , Knowing your promise to me ; The lilies and roses were all awake , They sigh'd for the dawn and thee . Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls , Come hither , the dances are done , In gloss of ...
Page 415
... rose A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars , And , as it were one voice , an agony Of lamentation , like a wind , that shrills All night in a waste land , where no one comes , Or hath come , since the making of the world . Then ...
... rose A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars , And , as it were one voice , an agony Of lamentation , like a wind , that shrills All night in a waste land , where no one comes , Or hath come , since the making of the world . Then ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER By H S BENNETT | 8 |
The Dream | 33 |
The Fight of the Red Cross Knight and the Heathen | 54 |
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